Chapter 128

Because there are too many people in the exam, the riding and shooting competition is not conducted alone. On one side of the school field, a full 200 targets were set up in a row. Candidates showed their shooting skills for a group of 200 people in order.

Riding and shooting, in fact, is to assess three items. The first is riding, the second is shooting, and the third is naturally riding and shooting.

However, this year's martial arts academy examination was a little special. President Zhou was good at making decisions and erased the part of riding. In his old man's words, the great Sui Dynasty did its best to the whole country, but there were only two pure cavalry teams. These candidates are basically useless than riding, because the generals of the two cavalry are personally selected, appointed and removed by your majesty. Even if the candidates in the martial arts academy have excellent results, they will not have the opportunity to enter the army for training after three years, and the probability of entering the two cavalry is almost zero.

Without the competition of riding, the latter two items will be carried out directly.

Archery and riding.

Two hundred people shoot arrows at the same time, each with ten arrows. Five fixed shots, five sports shots.

Fang Xie is the third batch of candidates to enter. When others shoot arrows, he stands quietly and watches. He looked very carefully and seemed to want to remember every detail. On the target side, soldiers drawn from the right wing guard are responsible for recording the candidates' scores. Qiu Yu, a professor in charge of invigilating the examination, stood behind the target. She didn't seem to worry about being hurt by an empty arrow. She walked around behind the target.

Seeing that he was about to play, Fang Xie squatted down and tidied up his boots. Use the straw rope found to tie the boot barrel to the lower leg, insert the hem of the robe into the belt, and then tie the sleeves with straw rope. After getting ready, I just heard the invigilator's cry.

"Next batch!"

Fang Xie breathed slowly for several times and looked at the walking bow and the ten feather arrows in the arrow pot. On the target side, the right guard soldier in charge of recording the results pulled out the feather arrows on the target, collected them, and then retreated behind the bunker again. With the sound of a gong, Fang Xie's group of 200 candidates stood straight in a row where the white line was drawn.

The fixed shooting is divided into five parts. The candidates first go to the first white line 70 steps away from the target, shoot an arrow, then quickly retreat, and then shoot another arrow on the way back. Then retreat 80 steps away from the target, stand and shoot an arrow, and then quickly retreat and shoot an arrow. and so on. There are five white lines in total. Retreat four times and shoot nine arrows. The last arrow requires candidates to quickly change positions 120 steps away from the target and shoot the tenth arrow during running.

The time to complete the shooting competition, the pace and orientation of running, plus the accuracy, and the comprehensive score.

The rules are not complicated, but is it easy to shoot these ten arrows well? The walking bow they used was made by the weapons workshop of the Sui Dynasty. It was easy to send the feather arrow out for 200 steps. But that said, you should know that when you shoot an arrow at a distance of more than 70 steps, you have to calculate the arc landing point when the arrow flies out. Retreat to a distance of 110 steps and send a bow. The distance of the arrow flying in mid air is so long that even a trace of wind can change the trajectory of the feather arrow.

But also in the running to complete the accurate shooting, this difficulty can be imagined.

Fang Xie tied the arrow pot to his back and adjusted it to the position where he could pull out the feather arrow by raising his hand. First, I pulled the bow string in the air to adapt to the strength of the step bow. Before he started, he looked down for a small stone, buckled it between his fingers and shot it with a walking bow. He kept looking at the trajectory of the stone until it fell to the ground. Fang Xie remembered the feeling when he just shot the stone.

At the moment when the gong sounded for the second time, Fang Xie immediately raised his hand and pulled out the first feather arrow from the back arrow pot. Without any aiming action, he pulled the bow and shot the arrow at one go. The first arrow is 70 steps away from the target. The fixed shooting at this distance is not difficult for Fang Xie.

After the first arrow was shot, Fang Xie didn't see whether the arrow hit or not. He didn't turn around and run out for a distance like others, and then turn around and aim. Instead, he was a little under his feet, and his body floated back like a kite caught in the wind. The left and right feet alternately point to the ground, and the body sweeps up again and again and gallops back. When the point flies up, Fang Xie has pulled the feather arrow out of the arrow pot. When the body landed, the bow string was full, jumped up again, and the feather arrow shot out.

After alternating his feet several times, Fang Xie retreated to the second white line 80 steps away from the target. Draw an arrow, shoot, and then back quickly. Draw an arrow, shoot, and move like a cloud and water.

When Fang Xie retreated to the third white line 90 steps away from the target, there were not many candidates who kept a distance with him. Zhang Kuang, about ten meters away from fangxie, although he had been injured before, he still showed amazing quality in this pure military examination. When Fang Xie shot the third arrow and retreated, he took time to scan both sides of himself. He found that Zhang Kuang was a little faster than himself, about half a step ahead.

On the other side, Yu Xiao, the son of Yu manlou, a general of zuowuwei, was almost parallel to Fang Xie. Obviously, General Yu manlou is very strict with his son at ordinary times. Yu Xiao's posture of bowing, archery and running is very standard. Even the instructor training recruits can't do better than him.

Different from Fang Xie's point to ground inverted vertical, Yu Xiao's shooting skill seems to be more solid than Fang Xie. As he ran, he turned his head and fired arrows. Almost every arrow was sent out with only a slight aim.

Even further away, there are several people with excellent skills who can match the speed of fangxie. Six or seven of the ten people are candidates of military origin.

This competition shows the advantages of soldiers incisively and vividly.

Starting with the first arrow and retreating to the fifth white line 110 steps away from the target, it takes no more than two minutes to shoot nine arrows. Only one or two people were faster than him, six or seven people reached this distance, and four or five people were slightly slower.

But at this time, the problem appeared.

For example, Zhang Kuang, who arrived a moment earlier, and another soldier were stunned. They didn't seem to know how to shoot the tenth arrow.

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When Fang Xie ran to his position, he finally understood why the madness who arrived one step earlier than him hesitated. The tenth arrow requires candidates to exchange positions, but if they run to the position of candidates around them and shoot arrows, their sight will be blocked by candidates who have not yet run back. In other words, those who move slowly become the obstacle for them to shoot the tenth arrow. But if they shoot the tenth arrow after they retreat, the advantage they won before will disappear.

When Fang Xie thought of this, he found that Zhang Kuang looked at himself. For a moment he understood the meaning of madness, but he immediately shook his head. The distance between them is more than ten meters, separated by at least six people. If the two of them change positions, the distance of running is too far, and the candidates who are separated in the middle will still be their obstacle. The hard won lead in time before can't afford to waste a little.

Without time to hesitate, Fang Xie immediately jumped aside. While landing, he squatted down as much as possible, and then gathered all his strength on his legs. For a moment, he could feel the rapid tightening of the muscles of his legs. This feeling of swelling was very good, which raised his confidence again.

After squatting down, his feet immediately showed a strong explosive force. Two feet stepped on the ground, and Fang Xie's body suddenly pulled out. At the same time, Fang Xie pulled out the last feather arrow from behind and shot it at the distant target in front of him without hesitation.

At this time, the candidate facing the target just retreated to less than one meter in front of Fang Xie. The tenth arrow that Fang Xie shot almost wiped his scalp and flew past. The candidate was scared and screamed, and subconsciously bent forward to dodge.

Fang Xie smiled at him apologetically, and his tight muscles relaxed slowly. He turned and walked back. As he walked, he untied the arrow pot tied to his back. The right guard soldier in charge of supervision ran over and took back the walking bow and arrow pot in his hand.

Fang Xie found a stone to sit down, pulled out a hairy grass and held it in his mouth. He watched those who did not complete the exam run and shoot with all their strength. It was a wonderful feeling to withdraw from the game and be a bystander.

Zhang Kuang returned the walking bow and arrow pot to the soldiers of Youyi guard, went to Fang Xie, sat down, smiled and said, "I thought I could beat you in this examination, but you were overtaken by you because of hesitation. Alas... I knew you were one of the military candidates this year, I shouldn't have come."

Fang Xie smiled: "in fact, you can be faster."

Zhang Kuang was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "it has reached the limit."

"How many times did you look at me when you were shooting?"

Fang Jiewen

"Four times"

Zhang Kuang answered truthfully.

"You want to beat me too much."

Fang Xie sighed, stretched his body and said in a flat tone: "Just because you want to win me so much, you are distracted. You keep looking at whether I surpass you. Although it takes little time to look at me, it still has some impact on your shot. If you focus on archery, you will be at least two steps faster than me. But you are only one step faster than me in the end, and you waste this step of time because of hesitation at the last moment."

Zhang Kuang nodded, remained silent for a while and said, "I really want to win you, very much."

He also pulled a hairy grass from the weeds on the ground, put it in his mouth, chewed it and said, "as I said just now, this is the only test item that has a chance to win you. After this test, I'm afraid I won't have a chance again."

"Why do you want to beat me so much?"

Fang Xie asked.

Zhang Kuang hesitated for a long time, turned to Fang Xie and replied seriously, "because of jealousy."

Fang Xie reached out and patted Zhang Kuang on the shoulder. He didn't speak.

Zhang Kuang smiled and said, "people are always like this. They will be jealous of people who are better than themselves. Sorry, you treat me as a friend, but I treat you as an opponent."

Fang Xie shook his head slowly and said softly, "if I don't treat everyone as an opponent, how can I win most people?"

Zhang Kuang was stunned, then nodded as if thinking.

At this time, a fat figure floated from a distance. As he floated to Fang Xie, he said with a smile: "Xiao Fang Xie, haven't seen me for several days? Do you miss me? I'll see if you failed the exam. If so, I'm going to have a good celebration today."

Fang Xie looked at the fat figure and smiled first. But when he saw the dirty look on the guy, Fang Xie's face sank again.

"What's the matter?"

When Xiang qingniu came to him, Fang Xie looked at several damaged Taoist robes on Xiang qingniu and frowned and asked.

"It's not to wipe your ass for you. Your ass hasn't been wiped well. It's special. It's smelly!"

Xiang qingniu sat down beside Fang Xie, gasped and said, "I found that day... Who is this?"

He pointed to mania.

Zhang Kuang recognized the Taoist robe on Xiang qingniu and knew what it meant. So he got up, hugged his fist and saluted, "I've seen a real person. My name is Zhang Kuang. The candidates of the martial arts academy this year have a high rate of military troops near Anyuan city."

Xiang qingniu smiled and said, "Xiao fangxie's classmate, ha ha, a talent... Can you take a break first? I have something to explain to Xiao Fang."

"OK"

Zhang Kuang smiled and said, "you talk. I'll go over there and see other brothers."

With these words, he turned and walked away. When he turned around, the humble and sincere smile on his face disappeared. I don't know what he thought. Some sad and sad look in his eyes flashed away.

Walking slowly towards the madness of other candidates, his face gradually cooled down.

Listening to Fang Xie talking and laughing with the fat man in black Taoist robe, his frantic face became more and more ugly.

I even want to win you once as an idiot... You are a person valued by your majesty. You have a friendship with the people in the imperial guards, you have a friendship with San Jin Hou Wu, you have a friendship with the boss of red tea recruit, and you have a friendship with several great scholars in the imperial court, Even you have a good relationship with that beautiful female professor... Now another real person comes out to chat with you and looks so familiar. What can I compare with you?

Fang Xie... What is your identity?

Crazy... How stupid are you? You're just a little travel leader with no future. You don't know the people in the bodyguard's office, San jinhou, and Da bachelor. You haven't entered the tea movement, and you can't talk to the professors of the martial arts academy. There won't be a big figure of Taoism coming to talk to you, and you won't be appreciated by your majesty... You're just a member of the northern barbarian tribe in order to survive and make contributions, I had to marry the daughter of the tribal leader and kill her little man.

Zhang Kuang, there is a big gap between you and Fang Xie.

He smiled bitterly as he walked.

You are people of two worlds.

PS: the trip to Shijiazhuang tomorrow will last about four days. There should be an update, but the time is hard to say... In fact, the update has not been regular, right? I'm guilty.